Improvement in clothes-washers



N. H. LONGI Clothes-Washer.

No. 199,455. Patented Jan. 22,1878'1.

with a central sectionof the washer.

UNITED STATES'PATENI OEEI'cE..

NATHAN n. LoNe, or MUNoIE, INDIANA, 4AssIofNoE 'ro EIMSELE, JOHN MARKS, AND PHILIP, E. DAvIS, on SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH ES-WASHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,455, dated January 22, 1878; application filed November l0, 1877.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN H. LONG, of Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Washers 5 and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof,.reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this speoihcation. I

The nature of my invention consists in a wash-tub clothes-washer constructed with a pounder in the form of an inverted'cone, its inner Surface having attached to it a hanged rim having partitions and hot-air outlets on the outer edge of the cone. To one edge7 down on the side of the tub, is attached a fastening device, so constructed thatV it can be attached to and removed from the tub at will. The fastening extends down the side and out from the tub in the form of an elbow. On the arm extending out from the tub is apivot and a swivel-hinged plate, to which is attached the vibrating fulcruin, to which is pivoted the operating-lever carrying the vertical shaft of the washer, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexeddrawing, in which- Figure lis a central vertical section of a tub, showing a side elevation of my invention, Fig. 2 is a detail view of the device for attaching the stem of the washer to the operating-lever. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the washer.

A represents an ordinary wash-tub, to which is attached the elbow B G by means of the clamp D. The arm B of the elbow extends out from the tub, while the arm C extends along the side to and above the same. In the upper end of the arm G is a small hole, through which passes the clamp D. One end of the clamp passes down inside the tub, and the other arm on the outside of the part C, and all secured by a thumb-screw, D'.

To the extended or projecting arm B of the elbow, at c, is pivoted a plate,'E, to the outer end of which is hinged the vibrating fulcrum G, the upper end whereof is jointed to the operating-lever H. By means of the pivoted plate E and the hinge at b for the fulcrum, said fulcrum and operating-lever may be vibrated or moved so as to bring the washer-to any point in the wash-tub.

The washer I is constructed of sheet metal in the form of a cone. On the inner side of this cone is attached a hanged rim, J, with partitions l and hot-air outlets e. Across the central openspace are braces h. The upper portion of the cone, above the hanged rim J, forms a hot-air reservoir.

When the washer ,is pressed down on the clothes by the operating-lever in the process of washing, the hot air and steam are forced up in the reservoir, and then down and -out through the openings e between the partitions d. v

The rim J and braces h form, as it were, a shallow chamber inside of the cone, into which the clothes enter when the washer descends, so as to hll the'same completely, and thereby force the hot air and steam upward into the hot-air reservoir, and then down through the openings e. These openings are simply formed by cutting out portions of the hange of said rim J, as shown in the drawing.

Attached to the wash er I is a vertical shaft, K, which is connected to the operating-lever H by means of a clamp, L, hook-bolt l?, and thumblnut R, as shown. This connecting device can be adjusted up and down on the shaft K, and, when fastened at any point, the lever H is pivoted on the bolt P inthe clamp or loop L.

, Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The cone washer I, provided with an interior circumferential hanged rim, J, having openings e e cut in the hange, andbars orbraces h h ruiming across the top of the, rim, whereby a chamber is formed, which is hlled with the clothes as the washer descends, substan- 4tially for the purposes herein set forth.

2. Thel combination of the clamp D with thumb-screw D', elbow B G, pivoted plate E, hinged fulcruin G, and operating'jlever H,

substantially ,as vamd. for the purposes herein I, With stem K, all 'constructed substantially set forth. as 'and for 'the purposes herein set forth.

3. The loop L, hook-bolt P, and thumb-nut In testimony that I claim the foregoing as R, in combination with the operating-lever H my own I affix my signature in presence of and Washer I, with stem or handle K, substantwo Witnesses.

tially as and. for the purposes herein set forth. NATHAN H. LONG.

4. In combination with a Washtub, the de- Witnesses:

Vice B G E, clamp D, fulorum Gr, operating- JOHN MARKS,

lever H, connecting devioeL P R, and Washer WILL H. M. COOPER. 

